Centre tables CAG report on Rafale deal in Parliament

Congress presses for JPC probe
The Congress has been levelling allegations of corruption and impropriety in the deal to buy 36 fighter jets from France, a charge that the Centre has vehemently defended.

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday tabled the CAG report on Rafale jet fighter deal amid uproar by opposition parties in Parliament. The leader of the single largest party in the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) into the deal to which Union Minister Rajnath Singh hit back saying the opposition is repeating the same false facts.

The Congress has been levelling allegations of corruption and impropriety in the deal to buy 36 fighter jets from France, a charge that the Centre has vehemently defended.

The CAG report was tabled on Tuesday, a day before the end of the present Lok Sabha session, which is the last session before the general elections are held in April-May.

The meeting had been called against the backdrop of growing concerns about safeguarding citizens' data privacy and the possibility of social media platforms being used to interfere in the upcoming elections.